The Spartaks Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Kaspars Ciganovs asks to leave Spartaks
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Isaque falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Vlad Zhirinovsky in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Spartaks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Janis Jurkovskis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Janis Jurkovskis and Spartaks agree another 3 years.
Market31 Aug 2026
Alvis Cauna is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Spartaks has been clear about where Alvis Cauna stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Arturs Tarasovs has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Spartaks will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
In brief
- Market Spartaks put Igors Savalnieks up for sale
- Market Spartaks borrow Isaque